Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture, a talk by Professor Gaiutra Bahadur

Thursday 27 July
6:00pm BST
Livestreamed from the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium, Selwyn College, The University of Cambridge

We are pleased to invite you to join us for a talk and Q&A with Professor Gaiutra Bahadur on the writing of her acclaimed book Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture.

Coolie Woman recounts the story of a young woman Sujaria, who in 1903 sailed from India to Guiana as an indentured labourer, one of hundreds of thousands who migrated to replace emancipated slaves on sugar plantations around the world. Pregnant and travelling alone, this woman, like so many who were indentured, disappeared into history.

Professor Bahadur has joined us for the summer at Selwyn College as the Ramesh and Leela Narain visiting bye-fellow in Indenture Studies. Her presentation will include a reading from her book and a topical conversation about her research experiences with the master of Selwyn College, Roger Mosey.

Selwyn College gratefully acknowledges the support of Dr Niven Narain and others who are working to establish the study of Indenture at Cambridge University.

[RichardNattoo]

Wow, this was absolutely majical to listen to. Thank you professor Gaiutra

[manjeetsinghmann]

Watching from Chandigarh, always wished to hear something authentic on this subject.

[shanealarcon]

My mom was Bahadur Iam from Belize n Iam half East Indian

[Dtoys]

Racist title i hope this book get banned